Waste & Recycling
Find out more about the Council's tree services available to Rockingham residents.
- Household Weekly Rubbish / Recycling Collection Service
Find out the day your domestic rubbish bins are collected.
- Bulk Waste Collection Calendar
Find out when the next Bulk Rubbish and Greenwaste Collections are planned for in your area.
- General Guidelines
Ensure you comply with these tips to guarantee your bulk rubbish is picked up.
Use the street database to find out when your next collection dates are for domestic rubbish, household recycling, green waste and bulk waste.
Type in your street name below and click on Go to proceed. A new window will contain the requested collection dates.
To obtain a green mobile rubbish bin or the day of the collection service for your area, please contact the City's Landfill Facility on 9528 8550. If you are requesting a new bin please allow 7 days notice for your new bin to be available.
Mobile rubbish bins should be put out on verge before 6:00am on the day of service.
Your bin cannot exceed 70kg. Unfortunately if your bin is above this weight it will not be emptied.
There are a number of bulk rubbish collection. To find out times and dates for your area contact the Landfill Facility on 9528 8550. Also keep an eye out in the local newspapers as dates will also be advertised two weeks before collection dates.
Please do not place green waste out for this collection as it will not be collected. The following items WILL be collected:
Whitegoods (fridges, stoves, etc)
Scrap
Timber (up to 1.5 metres in length)
General junk
Bulk Rubbish is to be placed on the verge in TWO piles (maximum pile length and width is a 2 metre square) without obstructing footpaths if you would like to ensure it's removal. The first pile is to contain white goods and all metal products and the second pile is to contain all other materials complying with the collection criteria.
The following items WILL NOT be removed:
No greenwaste
No paints, chemicals, oils
No asbestos products
No bricks or sand
No food stuff
No stumps or palm logs
No car bodies or half bodies
No tyres
No gas cylinders
No batteries
Please do not place bulk waste items out for this collection as they will not be collected.
The following items WILL be collected:
Tree and shrub prunings up to 1.5 metres in length and 300mm in diameter
The following items WILL NOT be removed with Green Waste:
Stumps and palm logs
Weeds and root material
Sand and soil materials
Dug out lawn
Loose leaves and lawn clippings (Place in a plastic bag and deposit in green mobile garbage bin)
General rubbish, junk or whitegoods
Place your waste neatly on the verge no more than seven (7) days prior to the scheduled start date for your Area.
Place your waste on the verge by Monday 6:00am on the scheduled start date for your Area as the contractor will only check your verge once.
Allow 5-7 working days for collection
Put objects in piles larger than 2 metres by 2 metres.
Obstruct the footpath.
Obstruct your normal domestic rubbish bin services.
The line of sight of pedestrians, cyclists or cars.
Place your waste inside your property line.
Place your waste on other verges as it will not be collected from vacant properties, land or public reserves.
Tie your greenwaste in bundles.
As verge collections are picked up by mechanical means, please avoid placing your bulk rubbish next to:
Trees
Power poles
Walls
Street signs
Sprinklers or water metres (as these may be damaged).
For more detailed information or for a printable version of the bulk rubbish pickups, download the latest Greenwaste and Bulk Rubbish Collection Guide.
